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ReutersViolence mars Shi'ite ritual in Iraq, 25 killed28 Aug 2007 12:30:49 GMT
KERBALA, Iraq, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Gunmen battled Iraqi
security forces on Tuesday near two of Shi'ite Islam's
holiest shrines in the city of Kerbala, where hundreds of
thousands of pilgrims had gathered for a religious festival.
A senior security source in Baghdad said 25 people had been
killed, mostly policemen. An official at Kerbala's al-Hussein
Hospital said it had received eight bodies and 29 wounded.
Reuters witnesses in the city, 110 km (68 miles) south of
Baghdad, saw columns of smoke rising from the centre of the
city, apparently from cars that police said had been set
ablaze.
They could also hear the sound of intense gunfire and rocket-
propelled grenades being fired. U.S. warplanes could be seen
in the skies above.
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